Lake Central and Portage are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but not for long. The Lake Central Indians will take on the Portage Indians at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lake Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 38 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Catholic Central on Friday. They fell 17-10 to the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 84th in Indiana, while the Cougars are ranked sixth in Michigan).
Meanwhile, Portage is still undefeated this season after their contest against NorthWood on Friday, but NorthWood came as close as anyone has to beating them. Portage came out on top in a nail-biter against NorthWood , sneaking past 19-16.
Lake Central's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Portage, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0.
Lake Central strolled past Portage when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 23-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Central since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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